The Dallas Pension Fiasco Is Just The Beginning
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President Obama Commutes Remaining Prison Sentence Of Chelsea Manning
Following urges by Edward Snowden and Julian Assange (who offered his own extradition), President Obama has largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst convicted of an enormous 2010 leak that revealed American military and diplomatic activities across the world, disrupted the administration, and made WikiLeaks, the recipient of those disclosures, famous.
Trump Takes On The Deep State
Submitted by Saxo Bank's Michael McKenna via TradingFloor.com,
GM Announces 7,000 New U.S. Jobs As Trump Touts "All The Jobs I Am Bringing Back…Big Stuff”
Confirming rumors that leaked yesterday, GM has just announced plans to invest $1 billion in its U.S.
Trump says "Dollar too strong"- Gold breaks $1215, Silver to $17
Trump Releases the Dollar Hounds (3 days)
via Vince Lanci and Marketslant. Last night the WSJ published an excerpt from its Friday interview with Donald Trump. The key market drivers were his dollar statements, and his dismissal of Paul Ryan's BAT idea. Both weakened the USD and drove up Gold. Note that until last night Trump was pro a strong dollar and gave indications he was pro the Border Adjustment Tax. On tap are 3 Fed speakers as George Gero reminds us, although so far their rhetoric has been muted on Gold.
Trump on the Strong Dollar